The Grenada gazette., 1887-10-08
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN

ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN
4Rs. NELLIE GRANT sAsro,,, :,
ono Of her children have arrived IN .s.a sue
country for visit - 'aa
MISS HELoIsE HERsEY will retu,, .
Boston late in October, and ona.
class in English literature. f'4 .
MISS ANNA DICKINSON, who b..,.
very Ill at Honesdale, Pa, has a. ~. =.
recovered as to be able to take sbo..
walks '''
Mrs. ANNA B. McHANAs has ,u,. !.
sued a little pamphlet Of .Outline.r
for the study Of Shakespeare and
Browning by classes.
Mrs. MARIA WHITE, an old friend :.
the Beecher family. has rented n.
house of Henry Ward Beecher. and ma
will let the furnished rooms to olodper,
MISS F. HENRIETTA MUELLER n
London. apd for some years membs,
of the School Board there is in Boston
She is an earnest suffragist also, much
interested in other reforms.
Mrs. MARTHA H. MOORE has ha
queathed to Colby University 5000
The proceeds are to be applied for ii,
use Of the library, the same to h.
known as the Martha Moore Library
Fund. A.
b MRS. NANCY SOPHIA BRYANT. wbo
was well known and active in CARING
for orphans and the destitute Of thii
city, as long ago as 1847, is preparing
for publication q book of reminis.
cences of Boston and its noted charao.
ters. Mrs. Bryant is nearly eighty
years Of age.
MISS FRANCES E WILLARD, afte,
consultation with Mrs. Margare.
Bright Lucas, president of the Worlds
Christian Temperance Union. calls
upon the members in this country to
recognize November IL and lS, as days
for prayer for the growth and universal
diffusion Of all forms Of temperance
work.
MRS. MARY KELLERMAN, of Chetopa
Kan, is a member of the Board Of Ed.
ucation Of that city, member Of the
Board Of Examiners, Of the W. G. 7.
u, Of the Woman's Foreign Mission.
ary Society, and Of the Orphans and
Home Relief Association, all "becauss
she wants to help he woman's cause.
and there are so few who will take the
responsibility"
Mrs. MARY SEYMOUR HOWELL spoke
on Woman Suffrage in Byron. N. Y.
August 4. Mr.. Sylvina M. Green ar.
ranged the meeting, which was largely
attended. Mrs. Howell will accept in.
vitations to lecture and organize in
Northern and Eastern New York in
September, and in Western New York
in October and November. Her I'd.
dress is 154 Hamilton street. Albany.
n. Y.
MISS MAY MONROE, is a daughter
Of the late Prof. Lewis B. Monroe,
Dean of the Boston University School
Of Oratory. Miss Monroe has been in
terested in her fathers work from child.
hood, especially in that part Of oratorJ
which relates to gesture and its under.
lying principles, as discovered by Del
sarte. For the last few years she haa
been studying with Mr. Steele
Mackayc, Of New York. favorits
pupil Of Delsarte. who has invented .
series Of "harmoniac gymnastics for
freeing the body from its restrictions
and imparting grace to all its move
mentA
CERTAIN men in times past as well
as in Georgia at present. have clam
ored to be protected from the ambition
Of the black man. We have very
poor opinion Of such chaps, for they
admit their inferiority when they ask
tor special Legislation to bar out the
blacks; but, much Us we despise this
cowardly exhibition Of intolerance, We
despise the man more who will BY
word. act or deed prevent woman from
entering the lists to compete with
him in her endeavor TO earn an honest
livelihood Woman should have an
equal chance with man, and, 80 far -
we are concerned, we are not In the
least afraid to arm her with the balIos
-Atadoille Republican.
MRS. HANCOCK says that once, when
the General felt called upon to cnter-
tain half q dozen Sioux chieftains, she
helped him in his task by playing tho
piano for them. The music evidently
had power tc please IL not to "sootns
the savage" for Immediately nego'
tiations commenced. through On
interpreter to purchase the 'bis
captains squaw." along with the
Emusic table" Beads, robes ana
blankets were first offered tor the
exchange When the ''big captain" 70
jected these. supposing the induce
ments were not sufficient they addec
ponies to an Increased number OF
robes and trinkets Of III kinds Iheil
lndiUna ation and dissatisfaCtiOn wefo